When calculus was invented‚ has always been a question in Math. The first signs of calculus were done by Greek mathematicians. Zeno of Elea of about 450 B.C. gave a number of problems which were based on the infinite. His argument was that motion is impossible. Other Greek mathematicians that contributed to the method of exhaustion are Leucippus‚ Democritus and Antiphon. The method of exhaustion is so called because one thinks of the areas measured expanding so that they account for more and more
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Olympia A. Orlina Principal II – Mahayahay Elementary School‚ Lemery Batangas District Math Chairwoman Area chairman – Mathematics District Math Coordinator’s Association Division Auditor – Mathematics Coordinator’s Association Professor – Lemery Colleges‚ Lemery‚ Batangas 1. Why have you chosen this particular profession? Teaching is not my first profession because I am a Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting graduate but due to financial constraints‚ I was not able
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In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Piggy can be classified as both envious and persistent. The reader can first see his envious side when Piggy first meets Ralph. Their airplane had just crashed on the hot and sticky island and Ralph takes his clothes off. He wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button nose. The frame had made a deep‚ pink "V" on the bridge. He looked critically at Ralph’s golded body and then down at his own clothes (Golding 11). Even though it doesn’t say
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"Things Fall Apart" is a tragic novel‚ which is set in the Igbo community of Africa. Chinua Achebe‚ who is the author of this novel‚ portrays how an ambitious‚ well known‚ and respected African‚ Okonkwo‚ life falls apart. He was a man with great intensity and personality. He had accomplished his goal to become rich and famous and committed suicide after things in his life wasn’t going all right. Okonkwo was a farmer and he was well know throughout the nine villages and even beyond. He was tall and
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Great Expectations: PIP’S PERSONALITY CHANGE Most people would assume that through age and maturation‚ a boy with a wonderful heart and personality would further develop into a kind hearted‚ considerate gentleman. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens provides his readers with an example of a boy who regresses in certain aspects of his personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip‚ a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child‚ while maturing‚ finds that his
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a bad man and he had to be killed for the sake of Rome. Another man by the name of Marc Antony‚ who was a loyal friend of Caesar‚ comes and turns the tide over to his favor. He does this by delivering a powerful speech to the people of Rome at Caesar’s funeral. Marc Antony is a skilled orator because he excels at using rhetorical devices such as:ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. One of the many ways that Mark Antony is an excellent speaker is how he uses the rhetorical device ethos. He persuades the crowd
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Etch-A-Sketch Ethics The Ohio Art Company is perhaps best known as the producer of one of the top-selling toys of all time‚ the venerable Etch-A-Sketch. More than 100 million of the familiar red rectangular drawing toys have been sold since 1960 when it was invented. The late 1990s‚ however‚ became a troubled time for the toy’s maker. Confronted with sluggish toy sales‚ the Ohio Art Company lost money for two years. In December 2000‚ it made the strategic decision to outsource production of the
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Most likely written between 1606 and 1607‚ Antony and Cleopatra relates the struggles of love‚ passion‚ and power endured by the two titular characters and is considered by many to be among Shakespeare’s finest achievements. Interpretation of the tragedy is often cast in terms of the polar oppositions dramatized in the play‚ perhaps most notably the conflict between Rome and Egypt‚ and war and love. What critics and audiences often find so engaging about Antony and Cleopatra is that these polarities
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eras are Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Antigone is the tragedy of a brave sister who tries to honor her brother‚ while Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy based on love and being loyal to others. In both plays there is tension between private and public‚ which can be illustrated by comparing Kreon and Caesar’s fear of public opinion‚ the betrayal between characters‚ and concept of hamartia. In both Antony and Cleopatra and Antigone tension between private and
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Compare and contrast the funeral speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. Which is more effective and why? When Brutus goes up to speak to the crowd he appeals to them as “Romans” before all else. As this keeps with his reason for joining the conspiracy the audience can see that he is honourable and trustworthy. The roman public may also know this because they hail him as “noble” Brutus and Brutus also asks them at the start of his speech to “Believe me for mine honour”. Brutus repeatedly uses “honour”
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